Public health: PART 1 Making Every Contact Count.

Br J Nurs

Senior Lecturer/Programme Lead, Adult Nursing, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Published: December 2018

Lynn Craig, Subject Lead, Adult Nursing, and Senior Lecturer ( L.craig@northumbria.ac.uk ) and Emma Senior, Senior Lecturer/Programme Lead, Adult Nursing, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, discuss the nurse's role in public health interventions using the Making Every Contact Count approach.

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